“Thoughtful escapism” – Operation Moonlight by Louise Morrish
“Give it to your gran” – Porn: An Oral History by Polly Barton
“What’s not to like?” – I’m a Fan by Sheena Patel
“Taps nicely into a contemporary cultural zeitgeist” – Last Resort by Andrew Lipstein
“Pleasantly inventive” – Maps of our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer
“We liked it a whole lot” – Here Goes Nothing by Steve Toltz
“A tale for our times” – Mischief Acts by Zoe Gilbert
“A graphic gallop” – Frida Kahlo Her Life, Her Work, Her Home by Francisco De La Mora
“Sentences fall over themselves in their quotability” – Nothing Special by Nicole Flattery
“Sometimes it works, often it doesn’t” – If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
“Smart, beautiful and very entertaining” – The Candy House by Jennifer Egan
“A very thorough account” – A Terribly Serious Adventure by Nikhil Krishnan
“A lightweight read” – Bellevue by Alison Booth
“Deserves to be as well-known a memorial to Cuthbert as Durham Cathedral itself” – Cuddy by Benjamin Myers
“Vagueness dominates” – God’s Country by Kerry Hadley-Pryce
‘A good fun, funny book about death’ – Kimberly’s Capital Punishment by Richard Milward
“Lyrical and engaging” – Things I Have Witheld by Kei Miller
“Sheer entertainment” – Storm Watch by CJ Box
“The wisdom of lived experience” – Old Babes in the Wood by Margaret Atwood
“Miles better than the first book…” – Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James
“Peculiarity without complaint” – White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link
“The beauty of its telling” – Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry
“Vivid depictions of total destruction” – These Days by Lucy Caldwell
“Worthwhile and accessible” – Travellers to Unimaginable Lands by Dasha Kiper
“Surprisingly gripping” – The Old Woman with the Knife by Gu Byeong-Mo (trans. Chi-Young Kim)
“Timeless” – The Ballad of Halo Jones by Alan Moore, Ian Gibson and Barbara Nosenzo
“Impressive and confident” – Send Nudes by Saba Sams
“Remarkably evocative” – The Instant by Amy Liptrot
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